Servian Constitution (traditional)
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Roman military reform
Roman political reform
ancient Roman constitutional reform
traditional account
The Servian Constitution (traditional) is the ancient Roman political and military reform attributed to King Servius Tullius that reorganized citizens into classes based on wealth, laying foundations for the Republic’s later institutions.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman military reform
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Roman political reform ⓘ ancient Roman constitutional reform ⓘ traditional account ⓘ |
| appliesTo | Roman citizens ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Roman Kingdom of the 6th century BC
ⓘ
transition toward the Roman Republic ⓘ |
| attributedTo | Servius Tullius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
citizen wealth
ⓘ
property qualifications ⓘ |
| defines |
centuriate assembly voting structure
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distribution of citizens into centuries ⓘ hierarchy of classes by wealth ⓘ political influence of higher property classes ⓘ |
| field |
Roman constitutional history
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Roman military history ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
cavalry centuries
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equites ⓘ fifth class of citizens ⓘ first class of citizens ⓘ fourth class of citizens ⓘ infantry centuries ⓘ proletarii ⓘ second class of citizens ⓘ third class of citizens ⓘ |
| hasEffectOn |
Roman military levy
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distribution of voting power in comitia centuriata ⓘ early Roman social hierarchy ⓘ relationship between military service and citizenship ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
creation of a census-based military system
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facilitating military mobilization ⓘ linking political rights to property ownership ⓘ reorganization of Roman citizen body ⓘ |
| historicity |
partly legendary
ⓘ
subject of modern scholarly debate ⓘ |
| influenced |
Roman Republic political institutions
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Roman military organization NERFINISHED ⓘ later Roman voting assemblies ⓘ |
| introducedConcept |
census of Roman citizens
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centuries as voting units ⓘ comitia centuriata NERFINISHED ⓘ military organization by property class ⓘ wealth-based classes ⓘ |
| languageOfOriginalContext | Latin ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedIn |
Dionysius of Halicarnassus’ Roman Antiquities
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Roman Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalDate | 6th century BC ⓘ |
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